A Wentzville house explosion kept firefighters busy overnight. The Blaze broke out around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning on Bonnie Brook Lane. The house was fully engulfed. No one was home at the time and the cause is under investigation. =================== Six dogs are saved from a house fire Monday night. St. Louis firefighters spent the…
By CATHERINE LUCEY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing his disregard for the Justice Department’s independence, President Donald Trump tweeted that federal indictments against two Republican congressmen placed the GOP in midterm election jeopardy. Trump again attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the tweet suggesting that the Justice Department consider politics when making decisions: “Obama…
(KTRS) One person is dead and another seriously injured after a head on collision in Jefferson county Missouri. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 43 year-old Michael J. Hoyle of Fredericktown Missouri failed to make a turn on Highway 110 near Upper Plattin Rd. Wednesday and hit another vehicle head-on. Hoyle died on the scene. The…
(AP) IllINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law allowing medical marijuana to be used as a painkiller instead of highly addictive opioids. The law the Republican signed Tuesday is effective immediately. It allows physicians to temporarily prescribe cannabis for pain relief as a means to combat a growing opioid-addiction epidemic. The Illinois Department of…
(AP) President Donald Trump is accusing Google and other U.S. tech companies of rigging search results about him “so that almost all stories & news is BAD.” A top adviser says the White House is “taking a look” at whether Google should face federal regulation even though Trump is offering no evidence of such bias.…
MO (KTRS) Missouri drought has Governor Mike Parson working with other government agencies to strategize plans to help farmers water their fields and acquire hay for livestock. A reported 98 percent of Missourians are affected by this year’s drought despite recent rain. Parson said he is proud of all the departments involved and the work…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) An iconic downtown Chicago tavern is taking on a St. Louis potato chip manufacturer over the rights to the name Billy Goat. The Billy Goat Chip Company of St. Louis has been making potato chips since 2009. Recently, the company decided to branch out …and it entered the Chicago market. That’s where it…
ST. LOUIS (AP) A longtime Missouri death row inmate whose conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of two sisters was overturned has pleaded guilty to murdering them and been re-sentenced to life behind bars. Reginald Clemons, who spent 22 years on death row, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of second-degree murder and other crimes.…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) In St. Charles, a toddler has been returned safely to his mother after a brief disappearance involving the boy’s father. Authorities say they’ve taken the father into custody. Authorities say Anthony Irvin-the Third, who is in his 20’s, called the mother of the toddler, Anthony M. Irvin, around 4 o-clock this morning to…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) U.S, Senator Claire McCaskill is responding to the deadly shooting in Las Vegas. The Democratic lawmaker released the following statement: “Firing upon a crowd of innocent concert goers is an act of unimaginable evil and my deepest condolences go out to all those affected by this tragic event. I will continue…